May 9, 2010

My husband loves fajitas! It's the only thing he ordered while we vacationed in Mexico... every single day! I could never order the same meal everyday, but that's a different story. These shrimp fajitas he claimed were better than any he's ever eaten in a restaurant. Wow! Now that's a compliment from my fajita loving husband!

For the shrimp, I modified my cilantro lime shrimp recipe by adding chipotle chile powder for a little kick. Incredible! I have these wonderful clay pots from Colombia that I use to make my onions and peppers on the grill, but a cast iron pan would work as well. We also made guacamole and served them with fat free sour cream (extra points). Two fajitas filled me up. Double the recipe if you would like to serve four. Here's the recipe:

In an indoor/outdoor skillet combine onions, peppers, 2 teaspoons oil, salt and pepper. Toss well to coat. Place on the BBQ and cook, tossing occasionally until onions are caramelized, about 20 minutes. This could also be cooked on the stove.

Season shrimp with chipotle chile powder, salt and pepper. While the onions are cooking, heat a large frying pan on high heat. Add oil. When the oil is hot add the shrimp and cook for about 2-3 minutes on each side until cooked through. Remove from heat. Add juice from the lime and cilantro. Toss well. Combine with the cooked onions and peppers and serve with tortillas.

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Oh my goodness goodness me. This looks absolutely delicious! Although I don't think I could get away with shrimps with my partner (as much as I'd love some right now D: ), I reckon this would come off quite well with chicken.

So very,very good. I added red pepper flakes in with the onion and (I had yellow) peppers and lemon juice.Thank you so much; we love your recipes!(I calculated 6 points...is that for two as in the oriignal?!Cathy

Very Good!! Tried it today, I didn't have all the ingredients, was missing cilantro and lime however they were still very good! I added a diced tomatoe and 1 tbsp of light sour cream......yummy! I've been on WW for about 5 weeks now, I am so upset I purchased different cookbooks at the beginning of this journey to help with cooking light family meals and all I needed the whole time was your site......this site is better than all the cookbooks combined! So happy I found you! Thanks Gina!

Wow, really good! I've never cooked shrimp before so I was a little scared at first but I pretty much followed the recipe to a t and even used the low-carb whole wheat tortillas that I eat every day anyway and the came out deelish!

These were so flavorful for such simple and easy ingredients!!! I think I'll add some avocado on top next time. Thank you for all your amazing recipes Gina! I plan my meals out for the week based on the recipes from your blog :)

"Fajita" is a diminutive term that means little strips of meat. "Faja" is strip/band/sash/belt. So yes, it technically at one time was most used in reference to skirt steak, but it is now widely used to define strips of meat served with tortillas to eat as a taco.

Delicious! Delicious! Delicious! I made these last night and the fiance was in love! I substituted the spices called for with some Fiesta Lime Mrs.Dash and cut up an avocado as a side and it was perfect! I will definitely be adding this to my recipe rotation book. Thanks Gina!